David Villa’s Hat Trick Leads N.Y.C.F.C. Past the Red Bulls

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David Villa, left, wrangled with Real Madrid’s Lucas Vazquez in the M.L.S. All-Star Game on Wednesday in Chicago. On Sunday, Villa scored three goals as New York City F.C. beat the Red Bulls at Yankee Stadium.CreditCreditMark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

By The Associated Press

Aug. 6, 2017

David Villa’s first M.L.S. hat trick helped New York City F.C. beat the Red Bulls, 3-2, at Yankee Stadium on Sunday night.

Villa has eight goals in his last eight matches, and he leads the league with 17, one more than Nemanja Nikolic of the Chicago Fire.

Villa’s last goal of the night gave N.Y.C.F.C. (12-7-4) the lead for good in the 75th minute. He drew a foul in the area — Sal Zizzo was shown a yellow card for a high boot — and then converted from the spot.

Villa opened the scoring in the 28th, beating the charging Red Bulls goalkeeper, Luis Robles, one-on-one and tapping a left-footer into the open net.

Bradley Wright-Phillips scored both of the Red Bulls’ goals. He took a pass from Sean Davis, cut left and scored from the top of the box in the 41st minute, and in the 64th he rolled in a perfectly placed cross from Tyler Adams from just outside the 6-yard box to give the Red Bulls (11-9-2) a 2-1 lead. Wright-Phillips has 10 goals in eight career games against N.Y.C.F.C.

Villa tied it in the 72nd minute, racing down the right side, cutting back to evade a defender and blasting it inside the near post.

The loss ended a Red Bulls winning streak at four games.

Zizzo was shown a second yellow card in the 90th minute, which means he will miss Saturday’s match against Orlando City.

Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.

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